LEADER 03243nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910969661703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8215-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000537505 035 $a(EBL)438210 035 $a(OCoLC)320324529 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000168977 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000168977 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10202988 035 $a(PQKB)10098344 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8886 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438210 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10237160 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438210 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000537505 100 $a20020124d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLa Harpe's post $ea tale of French-Wichita contact on the eastern plains /$fGeorge H. Odell ; with appendixes by Marie E. Brown ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8173-1162-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-359) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Land That K new No European; 2. Who Were These Indians?; 3. The New World as Political Pawn; 4. Industry Presents an Opportunity; 5. A Testimony to Storage and Cooking; 6. Teasing Meaning from Bits and Pieces; 7. What Were Those People Doing There?; 8. Hypothesizing the Eighteenth Century; APPENDIXES; Notes; References Cited; Contributors 330 $aThis major contribution to contact period studies points to the Lasley Vore site in modern Oklahoma as the most likely first meeting place of Plains Indians and Europeans more than 300 years ago. In 1718, Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de la Harpe, departed St. Malo in Brittany for the New World. La Harpe, a member of the French bourgeoisie, arrived at Dauphin Island on the Gulf coast to take up the entrepreneurial concession provided by the director of the French colony, Jean Baptiste Lemoyne de Bienville. La Harpe's charge was to open a trading post on the Red River just above a Caddoan village 606 $aTawakoni Indians$xFirst contact with other peoples 606 $aWichita Indians$xFirst contact with other peoples 606 $aAcculturation$zOklahoma$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zOklahoma 606 $aIndians of North America$zOklahoma$xAntiquities 607 $aOklahoma$xDiscovery and exploration$xFrench 607 $aOklahoma$xEthnic relations 607 $aOklahoma$xAntiquities 615 0$aTawakoni Indians$xFirst contact with other peoples. 615 0$aWichita Indians$xFirst contact with other peoples. 615 0$aAcculturation$xHistory 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aIndians of North America$xAntiquities. 676 $a976.6004/979 700 $aOdell$b George H$01820371 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969661703321 996 $aLa Harpe's post$94382263 997 $aUNINA